Markets | Financial Times

Technology | Financial Times

US | Financial Times

Companies | Financial Times

UK | Financial Times

World | Financial Times

Industrials | Financial Times

Telecoms | Financial Times

China | Financial Times

FT Alphaville | Financial Times

To comply with the strictest accessibility standard (WCAG AAA), the colour of text must 
strongly contrast with its background color, so that people with significant visual impairments 
can read it.

The [contrast ratio](https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html#contrast-ratiodef)
must be at least 7:1 for body text, and 4.5:1 for large text.

A far less demanding version of this check (1.4.3) exists for WCAG AA. All websites should aim to 
meet the easier AA standard at a minimum. The AAA standard is desirable but far more challenging,
and may not be practical for your website.

aaa-text-contrast

June 2025

May 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Markets \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/markets	100
Technology \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/technology	100
US \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/us	100
Companies \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/companies	98
UK \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/world-uk	94
World \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/world	93
Industrials \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/industrials	91
Telecoms \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/telecoms	89
China \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/china	84
FT Alphaville \| Financial Timeswww.ft.com/alphaville	83

Aim for text to have very high contrast (AAA)

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